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Humor of the Old Deep South is divided into sections on Indians, Hunters & Fishermen, Doctors, Lawyers, Politicians, Preachers, Players & Showmen, Barkeepers & Bonifaces, Broadhorn Boys & Steamboat Bullies, Pirates & Picaroons, Duelists, Ha'nts, Greenhorns, Ladies, Darkies et al. The humorous incidents have been laid so long in lavender that they have mostly lost their tang; but those who can turn the clock back in order to laugh might enjoy the tale about the young doctor who cupped the Negro wench's sternum; the anecdotes about Lorenzo ("Cosmopolite") Dow, pioneer of Southern Methodism; Mike Fink's misadventures with the Deacon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Misslouala | 5/18/1936 | See Source »

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